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 One Verb

Nouns have four numbers (singular, paucal, plural and collective), and two cases (nominative and accusative). There is also a genitive case, which declines like an adjective.
All nouns end with -o in the singular nominative form. For paucal nouns, remove this and add -e; for plural nouns add -i; and for collective nouns add -u. Nouns in the accusative case also have the suffix -n, and nouns in the genitive case have the suffix -sa. For example, here are the forms of the word "nudo" (dog):
NominativeAccusativeGenitive
Singularnudonudonnudosa
Paucalnudenudennudesa
Pluralnudinudinnudisa
Collectivenudunudunnudusa


The word order is mostly free, but it's usually SVO. One Verb only has one verb, "e". If there's only one argument, it means "exist". Otherwise, when followed by the nominative case, it means "be". When followed by the accusative case, it means "changes to" or "is now".
For example:
Nudo e / E nudo = A dog exists
Zo e nudo = I am a dog
Zo e nudon = I turn into a dog

Adjectives go before nouns. They agree with the noun's case. For example:
zosa = my
gosa = your
suluna = stupid
E suluna nudo = There's a stupid dog
Zosa suluna nudo e gosan nudon = I give my stupid dog to you

When using an adjective on its own after "e", replace -a with -o, and decline like a noun. You can also use this word in other places. For example:
Nudo e suluno = The dog is stupid
Nudi e sulunin = The dogs are becoming stupid
Suluna nudu e gosun = You get all the stupid dogs
Sulune e nude = Some stupid people are dogs

Adjectives can also be placed after a verb and be used like an adverb.

Relative clauses use the word "o" or "on". You can also put adjectives after nouns (instead of before) to avoid sentences getting very complicated. For example:
Zo e heshosa inzo. = I am inside the house. (Literally: I am the house's contents.)
Zo e inzo heshosa, o e inzo zosa. = I am inside the house, which is inside me. (Literally: I am the contents of the house, which is the contents of me.)
Nudo e suluno, on zo e. = The dog is stupid, which is what I'm becoming.

You can also use "osa" or "osan" to mean "whose".
Zo e inzo heshosa, osa nudo e suluno. = I am inside the house, whose dog is stupid.

You can use conjuctions to join noun phrases or clauses. For example:
Nudo e zosa vuyo, en zo e nudosa vuyo. = I see the dog, and the dog sees me. (The dog is my view, and I am the dog's view.)

Finally, you can use "dago" to introduce an indirect clause, which can then be used like a noun. For example:
Dago go e suluno, e zosa vuyo. = I see that you are stupid. (That you are stupid is my view.)
Dago nudo e zosa vuyo, e kozo dagosa nudo e gosa vuyo. = I see the dog because you see the dog. (Me seeing the dog is the outcome of you seeing the dog.)

And that's pretty much all of the grammar.
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